That's true, but there were a few Lousiana troops in western Ketucky prior to the fall of Forts Henry and Donelson. On Dec. 15, 1861, Lt. Col. Richard Henry Brewer’s Cavalry Battalion organized with five companies at Camp Beauregard, Mayfield, Ky. Companies included Capt. J. Warren Cole’s "Louisiana Mounted Rangers", which disbanded a few weeks later. I don't know what became of its members.